The Philosophy Thread

Ali

It was a hard,
wet rain.
My adult obsession-
playing in the rain.
It poured down in hard layers
sifting through my hair
and I couldnt do anything but laugh
Wearing a skirt of sorts-
tight blue striped shirt
body parts pertruding.
Did it rain for anyone else today?
Did you feel the rhythm of the rain dance?
Could you do nothing but laugh and think about love to come?

Ali

And when night comes
and the moon is full
do you dance your seductions
slowly in your dreams?
Or do you make them a reality for Aphrodite's guest?

justam

Ali wrote:

It was a hard,
wet rain.
My adult obsession-
playing in the rain.
It poured down in hard layers
sifting through my hair
and I couldnt do anything but laugh
Wearing a skirt of sorts-
tight blue striped shirt
body parts pertruding.
Did it rain for anyone else today?
Did you feel the rhythm of the rain dance?
Could you do nothing but laugh and think about love to come?

Ali, I can totally picture you here!

ISN

And when night comes
and the moon is full
do you dance your seductions
slowly in your dreams?
Or do you make them a reality for Aphrodite's guest?

this is lovely, and the way that it's either/or, leaves a big question in the air......

LeaderOfMen

Ali wrote:

It was a hard,
wet rain.
My adult obsession-
playing in the rain.
It poured down in hard layers
sifting through my hair
and I couldnt do anything but laugh
Wearing a skirt of sorts-
tight blue striped shirt
body parts pertruding.
Did it rain for anyone else today?
Did you feel the rhythm of the rain dance?
Could you do nothing but laugh and think about love to come?

thats a sexy poem

"...love to come"

the other poem was nice too, but the tight shirt and skirt do it for me.

Righteous Jammer

The rain will now have a whole meaning to me. Thanks Ali. I shall always do a raindance for you.

Peace and Love....Stacy

Goulet

Out bustling in
the streets so cool cool and fresh,
the bus grinds along.

loveboatcaptain_blak

Go ahead and laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
And I trust it like the ground
That's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down(philoooosoooophyyyyy)"

thats what this thread reminded me of.....that song is actually about ben folds penis.

Ali

Goulet wrote:

Out bustling in
the streets so cool cool and fresh,
the bus grinds along.

As I make my way to the car,
U R on my mind.
I hustle and bustle,
absorbing the gaseous odor.
I'm enveloped in your smile
and the song
in the air.....


adv:)

Righteous Jammer

"I'm enveloped in your smile" Love that line!

Was the envelope sealed??

Ali

a poet wrote:

"I'm enveloped in your smile" Love that line!

Was the envelope sealed??

The envelope was sealed with a kiss...
with long distance feelings attached...
I can probably never have him....
but my fantasises tell me otherwise.....

Ali

Nobody told me where to run
So I chose your path to come across
And now I'm stuck with a thought

Righteous Jammer

A thought
you must of forgot

Ali

a poet wrote:

A thought
you must of forgot

A thought I'll never try to let go of....

FinsburyParkCarrots

I am, therefore I think
Descartes was on the drink.

Ali

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

I am, therefore I think
Descartes was on the drink.

Finns...didnt descartes originate stage movement?

FinsburyParkCarrots

Ali wrote:

Finns...didnt descartes originate stage movement?

You mean upping visual stage directions in the theatre? No.

Going back to Greek drama, we read from Athenian commentators that visual effects were kept to a minimum on the stage, and actors stood and recited their lines wearing masks. Much later, in Shakespeare's time, people talked of going to "hear a play" (though his later plays in the Blackfriar's Playhouse used a few special effects). After the Puritans banned theatre in about 1642, and the restored Charles II brought it back in 1660, I think theatrical performance started to incorporate features of opera. Plays such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" were largely rewritten (amazing as it sounds) over a period of about two hundred years until Shakespeare's original plays came back into fashion: These reworked versions incorporated song, dancing monkeys(!), swirling chorus lines, dance and bright costumes.

Having said that, I think acting has always involved visual discourse. It's inevitable when you put human beings together to act, that they're going to move with each other across an acting space. Even more so when there's dance and song involved.

Ali

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

You mean upping visual stage directions in the theatre? No.

Going back to Greek drama, we read from Athenian commentators that visual effects were kept to a minimum on the stage, and actors stood and recited their lines wearing masks. Much later, in Shakespeare's time, people talked of going to "hear a play" (though his later plays in the Blackfriar's Playhouse used a few special effects). After the Puritans banned theatre in about 1642, and the restored Charles II brought it back in 1660, I think theatrical performance started to incorporate features of opera. Plays such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" were largely rewritten (amazing as it sounds) over a period of about two hundred years until Shakespeare's original plays came back into fashion: These reworked versions incorporated song, dancing monkeys(!), swirling chorus lines, dance and bright costumes.

Having said that, I think acting has always involved visual discourse. It's inevitable when you put human beings together to act, that they're going to move with each other across an acting space. Even more so when there's dance and song involved.

Actually...I was taught in collage(HEEHEE)That the origins of playwrighting
started with the festival of worship for the god Dionysis and that the stage was called a skeme.But I also thought that descartes originated the movement brought forth for these festivals.I'm wrong i guess.I cant remember
who it was that started this movement in organizational patterns.

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burtschips

philosophically speaking, ali, i think those first two posts are shit hot.

Ali

burtschips wrote:

philosophically speaking, ali, i think those first two posts are shit hot.

Thanks burts chips....
I'm excited at that comment:)

grooveamatic

Who believes in love-at-first-sight?

And does one necessarily need to believe in fate or pre-ordinance to belive in said love?

Ali

grooveamatic wrote:

Who believes in love-at-first-sight?

And does one necessarily need to believe in fate or pre-ordinance to belive in said love?

I dont know if i believe in love at first sight.When I tink a guy is hot or attractive ,to say, I usually approach him somehow, and kinda follow up on it.
and when a guy is nice and friendly, I also follow up.But the attraction is key for an adult relationship and having children,if you believe in that sorta thing.
I also believe that our creator has your life planned out for you and already knows if and who youre suppossed to be with-that it is fate.I've seen so many couples who just sorta "CLICK" and it looks like they fit each other.
But heres the clincher....you have to accept this in your heart to be accepting of love and have it accept you.At this point in my life,I'm ready for a relationship...but I havent quite met or "Spoken to" the person that really does it for me...even when I'm alone with myself.All in time,I guess.It takes a while and you have to be headstrong and stay on THE PATH.:)

Ali

No...actually -it is pre-ordained.I believe that.